New England B.S. Thread

John, do you need anything special to mount the yellow top? I've read some confusing information, some say you need spacers, some have had the poles reversed, etc. Can I just drop this in, hook up the connectors and strap it down with the stock battery tie down?

 

It comes with the plastic spacer . The battery isn't as tall as the stock battery so you just lay the spacer down and the battery sits on top of it. You use the stock tie downs as well . If you want I can take pictures if needed . I have one in my truck like this and it doesn't move around or anything.

 

I'm glad I didn't have to finance my truck. No added weight on my shoulders. And nice! The 5th generation 4Runners are growing on me. They definitely need different wheels and tires to not look narrow and top heavy.

I like the Trail Teams FJ! It comes with a lot of useful stuff!

It pisses me off that (from what I've seen/heard) the trail 4Runner doesn't come in red! It's a "Sport" edition! Sports cars always come in red! What the actual fuck, Toyota!?

 

No need for pictures, I can use the search feature (the CA folks would be so proud).

I'm debating... I don't want to spend the money now since my battery still seems to be going strong but, that's a good price on an Optima, mine is 5 years old and we're heading into winter. Decisions...

 

Uh oh....Where would I find the info to see if it's compatible with the JBL package?

According to Crutchfield it is, I think. I put in the make and model with JBL and RDS.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-y4bwnNnjPV4/p_130P2400BT/Pioneer-AVH-P2400BT.html

Yeah, that's what I did with my other car. Just trying to avoid doing that though. I have so many damn wires. I only have one cigarette lighter thing to charge two phones out of.

 

Well just let me know when you figure it out.

I would think that when you put into that port it will charge your phone too. But I may be wrong .

 

He has an android so he can only connect his phone through the headphone cable or Bluetooth. No charging possible

 

Weird .. I had a droid phone awhile back and I just bought a aux wire . Plug it into the aux port on the front of my head unit in my Honda and it played music and charged it .

 

That's odd!

 

Got a quote from the Toyota body shop. They think they can do it for $1,835.

I went to Gigliotti's in Wakefield, they estimate $814! Fuck Toyota!

Now to order my bumper and get this shit rolling!

 

Alex............Will your LEDs for your guages and radio match the blue in the Illuminated 4x4 switch?
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/rcbs204/238282-group-buy-4x4-illuminated-switch-free-shipping.html

Was gonna grab one so that when I got my guages and radio done I could have the same blue/white theme throughout. Dont want a lot of mismatching colors ya know.

I wanted the blue with white needles and was looking at the blue with white arrow 4x4 switch hoping they would match.

 

Toyota is using Toyota oem body parts. I would guess the other place is not.

 

I'm just having them fix the quarter panel and paint it. I have replacement tails coming soon and I might have them paint and install the steel bumper too. But for JUST the body with paint, it's $814 at the local shop.

 

Damn

 

I believe they'll match completely!

 

How are they fixing it ? Replace the panel or bang and bondo

 

05 4Runner parts

Used OEM rear qtr $310
New aftermarket bumper center section $42
New Aftermarket bumper end cap $90

But hey if you want them to bang it out and bondo it.

 

There you have it, give them a new panel to paint (prep it yourself and save some $$) and do the install yourself once it's freshly painted.

 

BTW, just my 2c's but if you body match a plate bumper and scratch it aren't you gonna have to go back to a body shop to have shot again? Kinda counter productive isn't it? Matte black ftw.

 

Hell I could do even better than the 310. As low as $250.